Tyson Foods Inc
123 facilities · 25 states · 92.7M lbs total releases
According to the EPA Toxics Release Inventory, Tyson Foods Inc is the reported parent of 123 Form R facilities across 25 states, disclosing 92.7M lbs of toxic releases. 2 of 355 reported chemicals carry a carcinogen classification in the TRI extract. The heaviest-reporting state by release volume is Arkansas (13.2M lbs). Those TRI figures remain self-reported disclosure pounds for Tyson Foods Inc, including carcinogen-flagged substances, not a measured public-health risk score.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Tyson Foods Inc: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+10.6%
100 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+10.2%
17.2 million lb → 18.9 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 5 facilities filed for the first time and 8 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Tyson Foods Inc's total reported releases rose from 17.1 million lb in 2022 to 18.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Foods Inc's off-site transfers rose from 197.6 thousand lb in 2022 to 606.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Foods Inc's land releases fell from 140.4 thousand lb in 2022 to 98.9 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tyson Foods Inc's air releases rose from 835.8 thousand lb in 2022 to 945.7 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
TRI parent disclosure trail
Read Tyson Foods Inc from filing to facility
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Mississippi; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Fabricated Metals. Start from those named sites and neighbors rather than a generic parent blurb; pounds stay disclosure, not risk.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) · August 2026
Largest Form R sites under this parent: Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc; Tyson Farms Inc. - Carthage Ms Processing Plant; Tyson Fresh Meats Inc-Louisa County. Neighbor parents on the disclosure ladder: Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region). Heaviest-reporting states in this extract: Arkansas; Mississippi; Illinois. Industry labels on the parent rollup: Food; Fabricated Metals.
Among slug-merged TRI parents in this extract, Tyson Foods Inc sits near the top of the release list (rank #24 of 4,988). Tyson Foods Inc spans 25 states in this extract, placing it among the broader national TRI parent footprints. Tyson Foods Inc's disclosed pounds are spread across 123 facilities, no single site dominates the parent total in this extract.
Parent aggregation for Tyson Foods Inc follows facility-reported names. Compare the named neighbors (Wieland Holdings Inc; Archer Daniels Midland Co) before treating rank as a hazard score; TRI stays self-reported and unweighted by toxicity.
Where Tyson Foods Inc sits among TRI parents
Tyson Foods Inc sits on a disclosure ladder beside Wieland Holdings Inc and Archer Daniels Midland Co. Open those parents for a different facility count, state span, and chemical mix.
Lower disclosed volume
- Wieland Holdings Inc · rank #25 · 30.1M lbs
- Archer Daniels Midland Co · rank #26 · 26.9M lbs
Largest chemicals disclosed by Tyson Foods Inc
Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution); Ammonia; Hydrogen sulfide; Peracetic acid; Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) lead the Form R pound rollup for this parent, including filings such as Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il. Pound totals, not toxicity-weighted risk.
| Chemical | Disclosed lbs |
|---|---|
| Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 87.3M lbs |
| Ammonia | 4.4M lbs |
| Hydrogen sulfide | 697.1K lbs |
| Peracetic acid | 219.3K lbs |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 77.6K lbs |
Where does this company operate?
| State | Facilities | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 26 | 13.2M lbs |
| Mississippi | 6 | 12.3M lbs |
| Illinois | 1 | 12.2M lbs |
| Nebraska | 5 | 11.9M lbs |
| Iowa | 8 | 9.3M lbs |
| Alabama | 8 | 9.2M lbs |
| Oklahoma | 5 | 7.3M lbs |
| Missouri | 9 | 6.7M lbs |
| Tennessee | 8 | 3.7M lbs |
| Texas | 9 | 2.2M lbs |
| Pennsylvania | 1 | 672.5K lbs |
| North Carolina | 5 | 655.1K lbs |
| Kentucky | 5 | 540.6K lbs |
| Kansas | 4 | 515.9K lbs |
| Georgia | 7 | 478.4K lbs |
| Virginia | 4 | 451.5K lbs |
| Washington | 1 | 432.1K lbs |
| Michigan | 1 | 399.2K lbs |
| Indiana | 3 | 262.8K lbs |
| Wisconsin | 1 | 155.5K lbs |
| Ohio | 1 | 86.0K lbs |
| South Carolina | 2 | 18.3K lbs |
| Utah | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Maine | 1 | 0 lbs |
| Maryland | 1 | 0 lbs |
Facilities (123)
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Compare beyond the release ladder
Nationwide peers by disclosed pounds & facility count
Cross-portfolio TRI parents nearest Tyson Foods Inc on total disclosed release pounds (92.7M lbs) and reporting facility count (123). Release-volume peers include Cf Industries Holdings Inc, Americas Mining Corp, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Facility-count peers include Marathon Petroleum Corp, Martin Marietta Materials Inc, Clean Harbors Inc. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of parents.
Similar disclosed release pounds
Nearest parents (≥3 facilities, ≥10k lbs) by absolute TRI disclosed pounds, not rank-adjacent ladder neighbors.
Similar facility count
Nearest parents by reporting-site count (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About This Data
EPA TRI parent totals cover all media. This extract's heaviest states for the parent are Arkansas, Mississippi, Illinois; facility-reported names can vary across subsidiaries.
Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, TRI Basic Data Files
What to do with Tyson Foods Inc's TRI parent record
From Tyson Foods Inc, open Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il or compare against Wieland Holdings Inc rather than reading rank alone.
- Open the largest Form R site for Tyson Foods Inc (Tyson Fresh Meats Inc - Joslin Il in IL). Largest facility
- Compare against Wieland Holdings Inc, the next-lower disclosed-volume parent. Lower-volume parent
- Browse the full parent release ranking to see where Tyson Foods Inc sits among all slug-merged TRI parents. All parent companies
Rank and peers (Wieland Holdings Inc, Archer Daniels Midland Co) are disclosure volume only, not toxicity-weighted risk or enforcement status.
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Company release figures are computed directly from EPA Toxic Release Inventory data; source names and the record-linking method are documented in the methodology.
Primary sources
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory Basic Data Files - annual facility-level chemical-release disclosures
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